re: "after you edit /etc/master.passwd"
*never* edit /etc/master.passwd by hand. *always* use "vipw".
if you don't want to use vi, set your EDITOR/VISUAL variables
correctly.
vipw:
(1) backs up the pw file
(2) locks it, so multiple people can't modify it at once
(3) automatically does a pwd_mkdb afterwards.
cgd
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